São Paulo’s State Bureau for the Environment teamed up with Sergio Motta Institute to create a mashup website displaying the location of e-waste collection centers across the city.

What happens when a group of photography-lovers and professional photographers meet for some beers at a local bar? They talk about photography. That’s how the Rolê (freely translated as “stroll”) initiative began.

AmBev (American Beverage Company, a subsidiary of global brewing company Anheuser-Busch InBev, and the biggest brewery in South America) built an igloo in the middle of Vila Madalena, the renowned bohemian neighborhood of São Paulo.

With Collaboration as its motto, the Good Ideas Salon São Paulo was the first to happen in South America.

Spanish artist Dionisio González mixes slums and contemporary architecture in unique photographic montages.

The Mandalah team down in Sao Paulo has created some interesting handmade tickets for next week’s Good Ideas in Collaboration Salon.

On October 26th, global innovation boutique Mandalah will host the first Good Ideas Salon in Latin America, addressing the systemic thinking behind emerging collaborative models and more.

The São Paulo Intermodal Challenge was simple: get from point A to point B as quickly as possible – during rush hour – using the mode of transportation of your choice.

Behance is a company that organizes the creative world to make ideas happen. Every Wednesday, Behance shares 5 fresh art and design projects from their network with PSFK.

Probably the most prominent name among Brazilian architects today, Isay Weinfeld, is transforming São Paulo – one building at a time.
A son of Polish immigrants, Weinfeld was born and raised in the city that now hosts most of his world-acclaimed projects, such as the Fasano Hotel and the 360o Building, which has recently received the MIPIM Architecture Review Future Project Award for best residential and overall project. Famous for his contemporary style, he believes that architecture must cause some emotion, whether it’s fear, comfort or even a big laugh. His projects are not about the monumental dimensions that made Oscar [...]

Where some people see crisis, others see opportunity. The three partners of Super Cool Market, a new clothing store in the Vila Madalena neighborhood in São Paulo, fall into the latter category .
The business model (which drew inspiration from the Buffalo Exchange) may not be new, but makes a lot of sense: premium clothes at a reasonable price, which can get even more affordable if you’re willing to trade in some of your own clothes.
For those interested in quick cash: they evaluate what you brought in and pay you immediately- if your clothes are in good condition and reasonably [...]

Wooster Collective points us to this street-art piece installed in São Paulo by Raphael. The artist has covered a dumpster with colorful flowers made from old cans.

Formed in 1996 by architects and artists, BijaRi is a collective focused on visual arts and multimedia creation. Through the use of different resources and technologies, and both analog and digital media, they propose artistic experimentations that attempt to challenge the way we think about our surroundings and the relation between humans and the urban environment in which we live in. Urban interventions, video art, performances, design and web design are the mediums used to provoke such reflections.
Their latest intervention took place on Paulista Avenue, one of the city´s busiest streets, which is often compared to New York’s 5th Avenue [...]

An article in the Independent suggests that fashion mecca Harvey Nichols is planning to launch a Brazilian store. The department store chain, given iconic status as the favourite haunt of…